No need to peek through the construction fence at City Point.
We got an inside look at the progress of construction at the Downtown Brooklyn mega-project during a hard-hat tour with our photographer colleague Rob Abruzzese, who took terrific photos. … Full Article

Scores of residents and concerned housing advocates rallied in front of a Schenectady Avenue apartment building Saturday morning to demand protections for low-income tenants who fear they will soon be victims of illegal rent increases due to what they say is a “loophole” in the law. … Full Article

On Monday, a contempt hearing against a Park Slope assisted living facility’s owner was pushed back until after the holidays by a Brooklyn judge. The owner has allegedly been cutting back on services to seniors in an attempt to deliver an empty building to developers. … Full Article

Surrounded by piles of collards and sacks of potatoes piled on the steps of Borough Hall on Monday morning, Borough President Eric Adams and a host of volunteers distributed 1,000 turkeys and several tons of fixings to representatives of more than a hundred Brooklyn community groups and food pant … Full Article

The temperatures were below freezing this past Wednesday, but that didn’t stop more than 100 local residents of Gowanus, including local politicians and many school children, from rallying at a proposed site of a parole facility on Second Avenue. … Full Article